r/apexlegends - Comment by u/thezilch on ”Apex Legends will be coming to Steam in 2020!”
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This isn't accurate - they are pushing most of their EA games, including staples like FIFA and Sims, through Steam not needed with Origin.
That's a good move to give the game an edge against Fortnite. How much of an edge though is yet to be seen.
I'm not going to pretend to be a technical expert on this, but I think he and I are both correct since we're talking about two somewhat separate aspects of the launcher functions. Origin is required to ensure the game is up to date, but Steam is primarily used otherwise.
I think this is a case of a dev/PR person speaking too fast.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/doqbiu/ea_access_and_ea_games_on_steam/f5qdo2e/
So like Uplay, you'll see the Launcher start up and immediately minimize to the task-tray. It'll still be running in the background for DRM probably.